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Frank @frankieboy1964.bsky.social · Apr 21

SNP Both Votes, over 50%+ in Both, is our Indy Majority Mandate, regardless of seats.

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I accidentally got the wrong size ball to replace Molly’s favourite one. 🤨 Luckily she doesn’t seem to mind.

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Gerry Hassan @gerryhassan.bsky.social · Apr 14

Support for Scottish independence moves into a 12% lead with don't knows removed.

YES 52% (+2%)
NO 41% (-5%)
DONT KNOW 7% (+2%)
Changes from 15th Jan.
With DK removed:
YES 56%
NO 44%
Via Find Out Now.

Sample: 1417
Polling: 7-11 April.

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NC Newsline @ncnewsline.com · Apr 15

A nonprofit organization filed suit against the Trump administration on Monday, alleging its decision to stop posting budget documents in late March violates federal law. ncnewsline.com/2025/04/15/r... #ncpol

Lawsuit filed after Trump’s budget office shuts down public information about spending • NC Newsline

A nonprofit organization sued the Trump administration alleging its decision to stop posting budget documents violates federal law

ncnewsline.com

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SO retired at start of year. Yesterday, I needed a ceiling shade cleaned I couldn’t reach and when I asked later if it had been done…it had. I’m not used to this things getting done when I ask and not have to spend 3 weeks ‘reminding’.

a man in a purple shirt and sunglasses says " i like where this is going "

ALT: a man in a purple shirt and sunglasses says " i like where this is going "

media.tenor.com

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It was finding out about this for the first time in 2014 that turned me from a soft to hard Yes.

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Keir was bang on with this one.

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McCrone: The scandal few Scots have heard of.

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · Feb 25

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((Wee G )) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · Feb 25

All 22 Labour MSPs abstained and all 31 Tories voted against it Well done to our SNP Government and the Green's and Lib Dems for passing this landmark budget 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
All Liebour and Tory MSPs preferred keeping kids in poverty and freezing pensoniors 👇🏻

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Feb 25

Reform with 5 MP's gets more TV and Newspaper coverage than the Greens, SNP, Independents and Lib Dems combined.

This is because Reform is owned by the billionaires who own the Media.

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John Swinney @johnswinney.bsky.social · Feb 25

During the election, Labour promised to cut energy bills by £300.

Instead, they’ve increased them - and bills are rising again by 6.4% in April.

Scotland is an energy-rich nation and the fact we’re paying sky-high prices is Westminster failure in action. We deserve better.

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Labour refused to vote for this.

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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · Feb 13

I’ve had a tough few days with dogs.

Luckily there is always a win around the corner. And what a win it was as.

From the streets of Thailand to her very first snow this morning in Germany 🇩🇪

Incredible scenes for Bowie (1/6) 🧵

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Feb 12

"[For the Right], D.E.I...is the mere presence of a woman or nonwhite person or disabled or transgender person in any high-skilled, high-status position. And their alternative isn’t some heretofore unknown standard of merit; it is the reintroduction of something like segregation."

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Opinion | Trump’s War on D.E.I. Is Really a War on Civil Rights

The genius of the right-wing crusade against D.E.I. is that the term is amorphous enough that it can mean many different things to many different people.

www.nytimes.com

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Your pissed off grandma @anomaly100.bsky.social · Feb 23

He's Christianing wrong.

Houseparent At Christian Ranch For Kids Charged With Rape Of A Minor

Another, not a drag queen story.

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Felix Sylvestris @felixsylvestris.bsky.social · Feb 24

Scotland houses America's nuclear weapons without our consent. Perhaps Plymouth is a better home for them?

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Feb 24

All pretences dropped now. The US government has shifted its allegiances to Russia, and the entire basis of our security, tied as it was to an illusory special relationship, has just gone overboard.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war

Washington’s shift on the Ukraine war marks a major break with European allies and comes as the Trump administration aims to repair relations with Russia.

www.washingtonpost.com

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weegingerdug @weegingerdug.bsky.social · Feb 24

My piece for today's @scotnational.bsky.social Anas Sarwar has decided that the anti-independence parties have already won the 2026 Holyrood elections

www.thenational.scot/politics/249...

Anas Sarwar has already decided he's won next year's election

It seems we don't need to bother voting in the Holyrood elections in May next year, Anas Sarwar has already decided that he's won.

www.thenational.scot

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((Wee G )) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · Feb 24

Northern Ireland voters lean towards a united Ireland
www.thenational.scot/news/2495806...

Gap between Union and united Ireland support narrows in latest poll

THE gap between a united Ireland and Northern Ireland remaining in the United Kingdom has narrowed in the last year, a recent poll showed ...

www.thenational.scot

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Charles Barr @charlesbarr.bsky.social · Feb 24

The separatist thing I never got it, now it is even weaker.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 24

Macron corrects Trump after he claims "Europe is loaning the money to Ukraine. They get their money back."

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Feb 24

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PStott @peterstott.bsky.social · Feb 24

Did Winston Churchill (or Chamberlain) piss about and delay, asking Rachel Reeves how many libraries she could close, how many disabled people she could impoverish, before deciding to re-arm?

Dammit @KeirStarmer, you can borrow, you can print more money.
Just do it

@richardjmurphy.bsky.social

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